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Xabier Celaya

Xabier Celaya

Barcelona

Summary

Finance professional with 8 years of experience in accounting and group financial reporting within multinational organizations. Extensive experience in team leadership and cross-functional collaboration. Known for leading through collaboration and developing high-performing teams while collaborating across accounting, tax, FPA and Procurement to enable informed strategic decision-making.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Manager

Deloitte
Barcelona
2024.07 - Current

- Manage a team of 10 full-time employees to ensure effective operations.
- Oversee and support all finance processes, including month-end close activities.
- Prepare the consolidation of financial statements under IFRS.
- Provide ongoing IFRS-based advisory services, including support during audit processes.

- Finance stakeholder and process owner within the ERP continuous improvement team, proposing and prioritizing finance-related enhancements, participating in UATs, and ensuring system changes align with business and accounting requirements.

Supervisor

Deloitte
Barcelona
2021.12 - 2024.06

-Supervise end-to-end Source to Pay (S2P), Record to Report (R2R), and Order to Cash (O2C) processes across group entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with internal controls.

- Lead group-wide P&L and Balance Sheet reporting and controlling, performing variance analysis versus budget and prior periods, and maintaining continuous communication with management on financial performance and deviations.

-Develop and maintain the Risk and Control Matrix (RCM), ensuring the design, implementation, and ongoing effectiveness of internal controls across finance processes.

Education

Master - Finance and Accounting Management

Pompeu Fabra - BSM University
Barcelona
2022.09 - 2023.07

Bachellor - Business Administration

Basque country University (UPV)
San Sebastian
2013.09 - 2017.07

Skills

Microsoft Dynamics

SAP - FI

Lucanet Software

Advanced Excel

Languages

English
Fluent
Spanish
Native

Timeline

Manager

Deloitte
2024.07 - Current

Master - Finance and Accounting Management

Pompeu Fabra - BSM University
2022.09 - 2023.07

Supervisor

Deloitte
2021.12 - 2024.06

Bachellor - Business Administration

Basque country University (UPV)
2013.09 - 2017.07
Xabier Celaya